I just finished up a cool Flex3/Flash 10 3D Game Demo for an upcoming project.  It uses the Alternativa3D engine for Flash 10/Flex 3.  This game was built from scratch using my newly refined Maya to Flex to Alternativa3D workflow and pipeline.

Yeah, it’s just a cheesy demo showcasing some of the preliminary possibilities that might be incorporated into the real online multiplayer game project.  This is by no means finished and frankly is just a quick throw together demo for pre-visualization purposes and for determining the internal costs to the production and development.  3D models for the architecture in the scene were acquired from TurboSquid.com’s free models download.  These TurboSquid 3D models only serve the purpose for previz in this demo and obviously won’t be used in the proposed game.

This is also solely built upon the AS3_CORE_Flex framework (the Flex 3 version of the Flash 9 AS3_CORE Flash Template Framework version), with an integration of the Flash 10 Alternativa3D engine and the Greensock Tweening Platform.

The bloke has some good hiding places and if you move around too much, well, you might just fall into infinity as the collision detection is turned off.  Enjoy blasting away some of those medieval blokes.

There are some funny screen grabs of the action below.  Click here or on any picture to load the 3D game.

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Just finished up developing and programming the new American Airlines “Free Your Memory“ promotion for the Q4 ‘09 quarterly AA.com promotion.  This site utilizes the Away3D engine for Flash as well as leveraging the Flash player 10 3D API.  There is a simple memory game that is rendered entirely within the 3D engines of Away3D and Flash.  This site also implements the AS3_CORE Flash Template project as its foundation application framework.

Be sure to check out the site at www.aa.com/promo and discover how you can have one less thing to remember when you travel. Update your profile on AA.com, get updates every time you fly, and you’ll have a chance to win one of 60 BlackBerry® Curve™ 8900 smartphones. And one of those sleek BlackBerry® smartphones comes with 300,000 AAdvantage® miles.

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To aid in the more streamlined and efficient development/workflow for my Maya to Alternativa3D pipeline, I have just finished a new version of a great Adobe AIR Alternativa3D Mesh Exporter application originally adapted and developed by Exey Panteleev.

This Vs 2.0 is based on Exey Panteleev’s Vs 1.0 Alternativa3D Mesh Exporter AIR application but I made some significant changes that have more configurable and robust source code generation features specifically implemented for the complexities for integration within the AS3_CORE_Flex application framework and Alternativa3D applications.

Download Adobe AIR 1.5.2 Alternativa3D Mesh Class Exportation Desktop Application

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I have completed and finalized the workflow and production pipeline from start to finish for Maya to Flex 3 Alternativa3D w/Flash CS4 AS3 integration as interactive movie clip material 3D objects.

Below is the case study SWF result of the final testing for a Maya 3D portfolio room scene that had four large monitors where a quad video wall plays an .f4v video file along with user interactivity within the 3D environment.

Standard game type controls exist:  W, A, S, D, SPACE, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, MiddleMouseWheel (fov), LeftMouseClickDrag (camera pan).  Yes, if you go out one of the doors, you fall for infinity so look up and at the room, it’s your last chance.

Also, there is an actual render screenshot below from MentalRay in Maya for comparison of the BSP rendering of Alternativa3D within Flex 3.

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I have been dabbling with creating a production workflow/pipeline for Maya to Flex 3 Alternativa3D for Flash 10, with very little success.  So far, I’m not finding the “sweet spot” for how exactly to produce the triangulated polygons with UV Texture Maps in Maya that will ultimately translate well to Alternativa3D’s engine for Flash/Flex.   It is proving to be quite tricky for back faces to be rendered without having to create N, S, E, W additional faces with corresponding textures.  Arrgh.

Below are the Alpha & Beta Testing SWF’s for three 3D scenes in Maya ranging from simple to complex.  There is very little “real” Alternativa3D documentation with complete examples for all of the framework and it seems there are only basic tutorials out there from the makers of Alternativa3D, all of which focus primarily on 3Ds Max (yuk).  It’s turning out to be a bit of a mystery on how to refine a Maya workflow through excessive trial and error.

Standard controls apply for gamers for movement throughout the scene (W, S, A, D, SPACE, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT, MOUSE LOOK - click and drag while moving).

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The UFC 103 event tonight at the American Airlines Center was totally awesome.  I had some of the best floor/ring seats for snapping photos of the fighters and the cage.  Click the tall image below to download the .zip file (~12Mb) containing all of the best pictures I took at the event.  You need to enter this password UFC103 in order to download the .zip file.  I also was able to meet and speak with Dana White.  I thanked him for finally bringing the UFC to Dallas, Texas and he responded, “Yeah, it’s been in the making for a long time.  It’s great to finally make it to Dallas.”

DOWNLOAD UFC 103 EVENT PICTURES (.zip ~12Mb)